Front matter
Reading edition
Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia
The Author and her Husband in Bakhtian Costume
Dr. Hume-Griffith’s dress is that of a chief, and is of blue cloth lined with red flannel: and the lady’s is of richly-brocaded velvet, and her head-coverings are of very pretty muslin, embroidered with silk.
Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia
An Account of an Englishwoman’s Eight Years’ Residence Amongst the Women of the East
By M. E. Hume-Griffith With Narratives of Experiences in Both Countries By A. Hume-Griffith, M.D., D.P.H. With 37 Illustrations and a Map
Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott Company London: Seeley & Co. Ltd. 1909
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY HUSBAND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF EIGHT HAPPY YEARS 1900–1908